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VII Corps — Mission Accomplished
 • World War II •
95 pages scanned (incl. foldout map). Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Compiled from the official history of VII Corps and forewarded by its commander, Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins, “Mission Accomplished” is the corps-level history of VII Corps, United States Army, from its activation at Fort McClellan, Alabama, in 1940 through its campaigns in the war against Germany, 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945. It covers preparation for D-Day, the Normandy invasion and breakout, the race across France, the Battle of the Bulge, the reoccupation of the Rhineland, the reduction of the Ruhr (“Rose”) Pocket, and the final defeat of the Wehrmacht, illustrated with official Signal Corps photographs. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime publication, printed in Leipzig, Germany.
Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes-Alsace (Battle of the Bulge), Rhineland, and Central Europe — including the D-Day landings, the breakout from Normandy, the drive across France, the reoccupation of the Rhineland, the reduction of the Ruhr pocket, and the collapse of Germany.
Commanders: Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins, Commanding General, VII Corps; Major General Frederic H. Smith, earlier Corps Commander; Major General Robert C. Richardson, Jr., earlier Corps Commander.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Preparation for D-Day
Invasion!
Southout of Normandy
The Race Across France
On into Germany
Slow and Steady
The Battle of the Bulge
Rhineland Reoccupied — 1945
The Rose Pocket
Wehrmacht Kaput
Appendix 1: Statistical Summary
Appendix 2: Troop List

“All our success has been the direct result of your splendid teamwork… I am eternally grateful to each and every one of you.”
— Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins, Foreword